Autism And Vaccines Are Not Correlated

MSNBC: Court says vaccine not to blame for autism

TimesOnline: MMR doctor Andrew Wakefield fixed data on autism

For The Parents - Kids And Marriage Quality

NYT: Till Children Do Us Part

More than 25 separate studies have established that marital quality drops, often quite steeply, after the transition to parenthood.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

RSV is quite common in children under two. Know the symptoms and don't let your pediatrician try to talk you into allergy and asthma medications. However, if your child is wheezing get them to a hospital.

See: More children need medical help for RSV than previously known

More than 2 million children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are seen in hospitals, emergency rooms and doctors' offices in the United States every year -- many more than doctors know. In fact, only 3 percent of children with RSV in an outpatient setting actually receive a diagnosis of RSV infection.

After a couple of emergency room visits for RSV I developed this strategy to stop wheezing: make sure the child naps every day, even if that means walking for four hours and 20 miles; and lower any fever as soon as possible as I have a hunch the body's fever response is involved in constricting the esophageal lining leading to the wheezing which leads to low oxygen levels in the blood.

Little Things Moms-to-Be Can Do

Visit farms regularly, get plenty of sunlight (or Vitamin D), and have a stimulating environment (seems Lamarckian).

See:
SciDaily: Farm Moms May Help Children Beat Allergies

PhysOrg: Sun In Pregnancy Builds Stronger Bones For Baby

TechReview: A Comeback for Lamarckian Evolution? Two new studies show that the effects of a mother's early environment can be passed on to the next generation.